Gene description for RAB17
Gene name RAB17, member RAS oncogene family
Gene symbol RAB17
Other names/aliases -
Species Homo sapiens
 Database cross references - RAB17
ExoCarta ExoCarta_64284
Entrez Gene 64284
HGNC 16523
MIM 602206
UniProt Q9H0T7  
 RAB17 identified in exosomes derived from the following tissue/cell type
Urine 19056867    
 Gene ontology annotations for RAB17
Molecular Function
    GTP binding GO:0005525 IEA
    protein binding GO:0005515 IPI
    GTPase activity GO:0003924 IDA
    GDP binding GO:0019003 IDA
Biological Process
    melanosome transport GO:0032402 ISS
    regulation of synapse assembly GO:0051963 ISS
    regulation of endocytosis GO:0030100 IBA
    metabolic process GO:0008152 IDA
    establishment of melanosome localization GO:0032401 ISS
    endocytic recycling GO:0032456 ISS
    regulation of dendrite development GO:0050773 ISS
    intracellular protein transport GO:0006886 IBA
    filopodium assembly GO:0046847 ISS
    cilium assembly GO:0042384 IMP
    regulation of filopodium assembly GO:0051489 ISS
    Rab protein signal transduction GO:0032482 IBA
    immunoglobulin transcytosis in epithelial cells mediated by polymeric immunoglobulin receptor GO:0002415 ISS
    transcytosis GO:0045056 ISS
Subcellular Localization
    neuronal cell body GO:0043025 ISS
    dendrite GO:0030425 ISS
    apical plasma membrane GO:0016324 ISS
    early endosome GO:0005769 IBA
    extracellular exosome GO:0070062 IDA
    basolateral plasma membrane GO:0016323 ISS
    recycling endosome membrane GO:0055038 ISS
    endocytic vesicle GO:0030139 IDA
    melanosome GO:0042470 ISS
    plasma membrane GO:0005886 IBA
    recycling endosome GO:0055037 ISS
    intracellular GO:0005622 IDA
 Experiment description of studies that identified RAB17 in exosomes
1
Experiment ID 63
ISEV standards
EV Biophysical techniques
EV Cytosolic markers
AQP2
EV Membrane markers
EV Negative markers
EV Particle analysis
Identified molecule protein
Identification method Mass spectrometry
PubMed ID 19056867    
Organism Homo sapiens
Experiment description Large-scale proteomics and phosphoproteomics of urinary exosomes.
Authors Gonzales PA, Pisitkun T, Hoffert JD, Tchapyjnikov D, Star RA, Kleta R, Wang NS, Knepper MA
Journal name JASN
Publication year 2009
Sample Urine
Sample name Urine - Normal
Isolation/purification methods Differential centrifugation
Flotation density -
Molecules identified in the study Protein
Methods used in the study Mass spectrometry [LTQ]
Western blotting
 Protein-protein interactions for RAB17
  Protein Interactor ExoCarta ID Identification method PubMed Species
1 NUDT3  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
2 CHMP6 79643
Affinity Capture-MS Homo sapiens
3 RABAC1  
Two-hybrid Homo sapiens
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 Pathways in which RAB17 is involved
No pathways found





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